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Douglas L. Simmons
Copyright © 2005 by Douglas L. Simmons
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Old Man
One For You
One Time Offer
Only Dreams
On The Stage
Out To The Out House
Oh Say, Ma...!
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Old Man
I once met an old man
and he said to me,
"Whatever you can
boy you better be.
Because it won't be too long
until you lay your body down,
and you can't be nothin'
once you're in the ground.
If you want to love somebody
you better love them today.
boy it won't be much longer
time will take it all away.
And it won't be too long
until you lay your body down,
and you can't love no one
once you're in the ground."
Yes, I once met an old man.
The old man is gone,
but he left me something.
He left me this song.
Doug L.
Hammond, Indiana
1983
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One For You
Put your heart into the notion
of a love big as an ocean.
Tell your mind to just imagine
dreams that really can come true.
Tell your arms they can embrace me,
that no other will replace me,
and the lover they're embracing
is the only one for you.
Tell your heart it can remember
summer love in cold December.
Tell yourself I do these things
and truly feel this love for you.
Tell your lips
they can kiss my lips.
Tell your face now it can smile it's
what happy faces do.
Doug L.
November 1, 1993
8:30 P.M.
Hammond, Indiana
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Only Dreams
Dream only the dreams
you want to come true.
Dream them with someone
who's dreaming of you.
When you wake in the morning
then walk hand in hand,
and make them come true
if you possibly can.
Doug L.
August 31, 1993
Hammond, Indiana
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On The Stage
He belongs on the stage,
you know he's the rage where he is.
You feel the pain as his voice gently cries,
but the tears in his eyes aren't his.
He sings of a lover
who is now with another, somewhere.
He sings about loosin',
all about blues 'n' you know he isn't there.
Interlude: (Straight Time)
You feel the background drummin',
yea, the wire is softly hummin',
and the drummer takes you higher
on the snare.
Doug L.
March 21, 1974
Mainz, Germany
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Out To The Out House
Oh my baby went out to the out house,
oh she went out for to pee.
Oh my baby fell out of the out house,
oh she fell out on her knee.
Oh my baby fell out of the out house,
oh she fell out on the trunk of a tree.
Oh my baby fell out of the out house,
oh she fell out on a dog going to pee.
Doug L.
November 10, 1973
Mainz, Germany
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Oh, Say Ma...!
O' Sam 'as...
...been slammin';
Osama's...
...been lammen!
Doug L.
November 22 11:28 pm (CST)
Merrillville, IN.
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